What will my study involve?

Courses

 

Note: if you started your major before 2026, your course requirements will be different to those listed below. See the UC Calendar archive for the year you started your degree.

 

For the major in the Bachelor of Health, complete the following courses:

100-level

• MAOR165 Tuakiri: Culture and Identity
• HLTH102 Health Promotion OR PACS111 The Global Pacific

200-level

• HLTH213 Health Systems and Policy
• MAOR270 Te Ao Hauora Tangata: Māori Health Perspectives
• One course chosen from these options

300-level

• HLTH306 Te Kete Hauora – Māori Health Knowledge and Understandings/Internship
• HLTH317 Behaviour Change in Nutrition and Physical Activity OR SPRT322 Physical Activity and Wellbeing

 

Māori and Indigenous Health minor

Note: this new minor option is subject to Universities New Zealand CUAP and Tertiary Education Commission approval and will be available to enrol later in the year to start in 2026. Some details may change. Contact us for updates.
 

You can complete the minor in the Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, Digital Screen, Health, Product Design, Science, Social and Environmental Sustainability, Sport, or Youth and Community Leadership.

Choose 75 points from the following courses, with at least 45 points above 100 level:

100-level

• HLTH102 Health Promotion
• HLTH106 Te Wero – Māori Health Issues and Opportunities
• MAOR165 Tuakiri: Culture and Identity
• PACS111 The Global Pacific

200-level

• HLTH203 Epidemiology
• MAOR270 Te Ao Hauora Tangata: Māori Health Perspectives
• MAOR212 Māori and Indigenous Development
• PACS211 The Contemporary and Transnational Pacific

300-level

• HLTH306 Te Kete Hauora – Māori Health Knowledge and Understandings/Internship
• SPRT322 Physical Activity and Wellbeing

Career opportunities

Career pathways could include:

• Health promoter or advisor in the National Public health service
• Navigation and advocacy with non-profit organisations
• Māori and Pacific health organisations public health analyst
• National Public health service
• Community health liaison with whānau
• Health promoter
• Policy analyst.

Find out more about what you can do with a degree in Health.